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The Japanese have a love of abbreviations and so it is with this dish - "tendon" is the short form of "tempura donburi", meaning "tempura...

If you read my blog now and again, you'll know that the Japanese are big fans of Chinese food. Most ramen shops in Japan will have some...

Hello everyone. You might have seen a post I made in January titled, "..a little detox anyone.?" The recipe was for "ochazuke" - a simple...

If like me, you always seems to have some leftover rice in the fridge, here's a great way to use it up - Japanese style curry fried rice....

Here's a recipe that you could call, with just a little stretch of the imagination, "Japanese fish and Chips". You get a fillet of cod...

Ochazuke may just be Japan's oldest dish. I blogged about instant ochazuke recently and that reminded me that I should publish some more...

Poke dishes are on a roll at the moment, aren't they? Unlike pokémon, poke bowls didn't originate in Japan but from Hawaii, where...

You might remember I posted a Japanese style poke bowl recipe a little time back. Here is what I would call a close cousin to the poke...

What could be better suited to the fruity taste of a Japanese curry than the coconut rich flavours of Goan cuisine? I started putting...

Poke bowl dishes are a bit of a think these days, aren't they? As I've said before on my blog, the origins of the poke bowl are a lot...

One of the wonderful foods I have discovered since i came to live in the UK is (somewhat ironically) Thai green curry. From time to...

If ever there was the perfect warming dish for chilly nights, this is it - chicken katsudon. I'm sure you know about katsu, which is the...

Fancy an easy to make main dish that's nourishing and uber-fashionable? Then why not try my Japan-Hawaiian fusion dish - the Teriyaki...

Mention the acronym BLT and it's natural to think, "sandwich", isn't it? But you might just be surprised by this recipe - in my humble...